Bibliography:
Klages, Ellen. 2006. The Green Glass Sea. New York, N.Y.: Viking. ISBN: 0670061344.
Plot Summary:
In 1943 the world was occupied with war and almost-11 year old Dewey Kerrigan was waiting for her father to pick her up. Instead, Dewey finds herself transported by cars and trains from St. Louis to a city in New Mexico [...]
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Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler’s shadow. New York: Scholastic Nonfiction. ISBN: 0439353793.
Plot Summary:
Much is known about the events leading up to and throughout World War II, but little focus is placed on the young Germans who pledged strong allegiences to Hitler and their Motherland. These allegiances led many kids of the [...]
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Montgomery, Sy. 2001. The Man-Eating Tigers of Sundarbans. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN: 0618077049.
Plot Summary:
Contrary to myth, nearly all animals are not known to be aggressive enough to attack man unless circumstances prompt them to do so. Creatures that invoke terror in human-kind, such as sharks, bears, and tigers have proven their avoidance of humans unless [...]
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Simon, Seymour. 2000. Out of Sight: Pictures of hidden worlds. New York: SeaStar Books. ISBN: 1587170116.
Plot Summary:
Out of Sight is a collection of several full-color photographs of the mundane that most people never get to see. From barely detectable subatomic particles to the unimaginably enormous nebulae, Simon puts things into perspective by providing a short [...]
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Sones, Sonya. 2007. What my girlfriend doesn’t know. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 9780689876028.
Plot Summary:
Robin Murphy is a reluctant outcast among his high school peers, so much that his last name has become a synonym for “loser”. However, he does have one thing going for him – his girlfriend Sophie Stein [...]